Requests for Visas; Verification Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are correspondence with community members asking for assistance and visas; birth, life, betrothal, marriage, divorce, widowhood, and death certificates. Some of the verification certificates include names written in Hebrew. One of the letters from the president of the Lay Council in Baghdad is to a Rabbi in New York City about the betrothal of Baghdadi woman to an American man; other letters are confirming the death of a husband and the widow status of a wife and family in need of financial assistance.
0012109 1950 / 2 / To the Health Department, a death certificate based on the testimony of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, Navid, that the aforementioned Rahmin from Ajami died in Baghdad on the twenty-third day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD, A / 2 / 6, acting head of the community, head of the physical council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: 2 / 2 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 285, I hereby confirm that Mr. Eliyahu bin Salim bin Eliyahu Levy Has married in Baghdad Miss Nadira bint Naji bin Daoud Levy On the day 2 / 2 / 1950 (Corresponding to 7 Adar 5710) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 4000 Four thousand Dinars | Naoum Shaoul | Salim H. Eliyahu Shamoun Shaoul H. Shamoun ⟦illegible signature in Hebrew script⟧ 285 50 Fils Due 2 / 2 / 50
50/2110 1950/3/6 104 Moshe Rahmin known as Moshe Rahman Malha Lawy Miss Rifka Mordechai known as Riqa Mordechai Moshe The eighteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting Head of the Community President of the Corporeal Council ⟦illegible⟧ 3/6/4 ⟦illegible⟧
2110/55 3/6/1950 ⟦Copy for the Department⟧ 104 Moshe Rahmin known by the name Moshe Rahmin Millman Levi Miss Rifka Mordechai known by the name Rika Mordechai Moshe The eighteenth of November ⟦illegible⟧ Moshe Rahmin known by the name Moshe Rahmin Millman Levi Miss Rinqa Mordechai known by the name Rika Mordechai Moshe The eighteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ✓ (True Copy) Baghdad on 5/28/1950 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 5/28 7 / ⟦illegible⟧
50/2111 3/6/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ the community ⟦illegible⟧ the community 2950 Eliyahu Moshe, known as Eliyahu Moshe Eliyahu Irani Miss Nadira Munir Naji, known as Nadira Naji Daoud Irani The sixth of March, year one thousand nine hundred and fifty ⟦line⟧ AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 3/6/1950
Department Copy 2111/50 3/6/1950 295 Eliyahu Moshe known as Eliyahu Moshe Eliyahu Irani Miss Nadira Muther Naji known as Nadira Naji Daoud Irani The sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ Us 12/5/50 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ K (True Copy) Baghdad on 14/5/1950 14/5/A ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council
2111 / 50 6 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 295 Eliyahu Moshe, known as Eliyahu Moshe Eliyahu, Iranian Miss Nadira Munir Naji, known as Nadira Naji Daoud, Iranian The sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . (True copy) Baghdad on July 2, 1950 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ Copy of Certificate 9 / 2 / 7 Certified ⟦illegible signature⟧
2111 / 50 6 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 295 Eliyahu Moshe, known as Eliyahu Moshe Eliyahu, Iranian Miss Nadira Mushir Naji, known as Nadira Naji Daoud, Iranian The sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Baghdad 7 / 7 (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 7 July 1950 ⟦signature⟧ Acting President of the Court President of the Spiritual Council P / 7 / 7
50/2111 3/6/1950 295 Eliyahu Moshi, known by the name Eliyahu Moshi (Eliyahu Irani) Miss Nadira Munir Naji, known by the name Nadira Naji Dawood Irani The sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦line⟧ (True copy) Baghdad, August 2, 1950 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Signature 8/2/1
The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Saleh Daoud⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦eighteenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦January⟧ in the year ⟦704⟧ (21 / 1 / 1944) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 5 / 2 / 6 ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs I certify the correctness of the date above ⟦signature⟧ The Accountant ⟦signature⟧ 25 / 4 / ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ The Department Death Certificate 2112 / 50 6 / 3 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Tuffaha Sahyoun passed away in Baghdad on the thirty-first day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council 2/6 Signed A/6/3
2219 / 50 7 / 3 / 1950 195 Moshe Isaac known as Moshe Isaac Salman Cohen Miss Bertine Salman known as Bertine Salman Eliyahu Dabi The twentieth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty nine AD ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A/6/3 ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: 2 / 2 / 950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 890, I hereby certify that Mr. Naji Yaqub Sayagh Has married in Baghdad Miss Madeleine Munshi Cohen On the day 27 / 1 / 1949 (Corresponding to 26 Tevet 5709) Ketubah amount: 5500 only five thousand and five hundred Dinars Witnesses: Shimon Shaul / Salim Hakham Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible signature⟧ Shimon Shaul ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2 / 2 / 50
50 / 2111 7 / 3 / 1955 Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 191 Naji Yaqub, known as Naji Yaqub Shahrabani Miss Marlene Munshi, known as Marlene Munshi Kahila The seventeenth of January, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 6 / 3
2115 / 50 7 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 630 Khedhouri Yaqub, known as Khedhouri Yaqub Abdullah Hezkiel Miss Haila Daoud, known as Haila Daoud Barakh The eighteenth of September, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 6 / 3
2667 / 50 7 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 53 Isaac Pinhas known as Isaac Moshe bin Pinhas Shalom Miss Juliet Haron known as Violet Haron Eliyahu Levi The twentieth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦line⟧ 4 / 7 / 3
50 / 2118 7 / 3 / 1950 Department Copy 537 Sassoon Moshi Heskel Salmaji Miss Marcelle Mounir Nassim Genaistat The thirteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ A / 6 / 3
The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community Baghdad, May God Protect It The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 21 / 1 / 50 I, the undersigned, testify that ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ The year 5710 Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Salman H. Aboudi CHIEF RABBI SALMAN H. ABOUDI BAGHDAD Corresponding to 24 / 1 / 950 ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 2 / 50 I certify the authenticity of the signature above The Accountant ⟦signature⟧ Certified ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 2 / 50
Divorce Certificate 2119 / 50 7 / 3 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that the woman named Sultana Munshi has been divorced from her husband named Ibrahim Sassoon on the first day of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Khudair to ⟦illegible⟧ A / 6 / 3
50 / 212 7 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Department 349 Shlomo Isaac Basri Miss Khatoun Khedhouri Yaqub Qassir The nineteenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ 7/7 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 27
Department Copy 2121 / 50 7 / 3 / 1950 148 Heskel Mordechai known as Heskel Ezra bin Mordechai Heskel Miss Juliet Abdullah known as Juliet Abdullah Khedhouri Daoud Tanji ⟦line⟧ The twenty-eighth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four AD ⟦line⟧ . Correct (True Copy) Baghdad on 29 / 11 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 29 / 11 9 / 29 / 11
55/2122 1950/3/7 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 238 Saleh Khadouri, known as Saleh Salim bin Khadouri Moshi D. Aboura Miss Laila Haroun, known as Lulu Laila Haroun D. Od Shohet The fifteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ 3/7 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 3/7/
0012164 02/09/1950 A77 Ah, by God, what is Arvand and Wali Harun Abed, known as Harun Hayy bin Abed, Muthir Duzli, Miss Khatun Ishaq, known as Khatun Ishaq Dawood, the fourteenth of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, not acting as President of the Physical Council, born 09/05/2 09/2 117